The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Ecclesiastes 11:1-6, “Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.

2 Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.

3 If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies.

4 He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.

5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.

6 Sow your seed in the morning, and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.”

What wisdom is contained in these (and the following) verses! None of us will live forever, so

benefit others the best you can while you both are living. Sometimes you may give to some who

are undeserving. But it’s better to give help anyway. “What goes around comes around.” You may

one day be in need, and the LORD will send someone to help you. Just always have a good

disposition while you’re living. “Death refines nothing, purifies nothing, kills no sin, helps to no glory.

Let thy continual bent and inclination be to God, to holiness, to charity, to mercy, and to heaven:

then, fall when thou mayest, thou wilt fall well” (Clarke).

The time you have to do good is today. If you wait for a “right time,” you will never find it. And

while you’re waiting for that “right time,” those who are in need are not being helped. The LORD

has allowed some people to be in need, so that you can help. Of course, you don’t know who

they are, but He knows. He has also allowed you to have what you have, so that you can give

help to those who don’t have. Just be ready to show mercy to those you find in need. After all,

has not our LORD shown mercy to us in giving Himself to erase our spiritual poverty?

Praying for you daily is just part of our help,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”